A CSC-935 from the Goodwill outlet center. Complete but NASTY! It weighs 9.65 pounds, and at 69 cents a pound that's $6.66. I'm impressed at the quality for only being 13W. Gets plenty loud and bassy, and has stereo wide. Nice little box to take around without too much stress about damage/loss.
The antenna was gone but as it turns out, I had a nearly perfect replacement. I could feel that one of the battery coils was a bit weak while I was cleaning the rust out, but I had a nearly identical one from my spares so just bent and snipped and slid into place.
I thought the motor was bad because it was playing so fast. I installed a replacement motor but I wanted to use another Mabuchi but the only CW one I had was 9V, so I built a regulator for it and decided to just leave it in there after I realized the motor wasn't even the problem. It's just a loose belt. Not enough tension. Lubricating it helped but will need a rebelt. The mp3 cassette sounds incredible and boosts the bass even more.
It was very nice inside, all the grunge was settled on the horizontal surfaces and easily came off. I think it was in a wood shop or something. If someone was in it before I couldn't tell. There are four screws that detach the deck, and two of them are under the dial plate. One can be accessed without removing it, but not the other. I used a couple strands of copper wire from an old power cord like a saw and gently detached the sticky foam strips holding it to the frame. There are six clips anyway so it's not the only thing holding it down.
Everything is wirewrapped, so I soldered some connector sleeves to the speaker wires to be able to detach the front. The tweeters are melted into place so I decided to just clean it with some toothbrushes and microfibers with Windex. The soft eject piston was nearly empty so I filled it back up with some Deoxit FaderGrease.
I stuffed some paper towel down around the pots and record bar to minimize Deoxit overspray. That cleared up a ton of crackles and motorboats. Demagnetized and aligned, but the eject latch needs adjustment, and perhaps some beautification - retrobrite, NevrDull, Novus, chrome trim decals....
The antenna was gone but as it turns out, I had a nearly perfect replacement. I could feel that one of the battery coils was a bit weak while I was cleaning the rust out, but I had a nearly identical one from my spares so just bent and snipped and slid into place.
I thought the motor was bad because it was playing so fast. I installed a replacement motor but I wanted to use another Mabuchi but the only CW one I had was 9V, so I built a regulator for it and decided to just leave it in there after I realized the motor wasn't even the problem. It's just a loose belt. Not enough tension. Lubricating it helped but will need a rebelt. The mp3 cassette sounds incredible and boosts the bass even more.
It was very nice inside, all the grunge was settled on the horizontal surfaces and easily came off. I think it was in a wood shop or something. If someone was in it before I couldn't tell. There are four screws that detach the deck, and two of them are under the dial plate. One can be accessed without removing it, but not the other. I used a couple strands of copper wire from an old power cord like a saw and gently detached the sticky foam strips holding it to the frame. There are six clips anyway so it's not the only thing holding it down.
Everything is wirewrapped, so I soldered some connector sleeves to the speaker wires to be able to detach the front. The tweeters are melted into place so I decided to just clean it with some toothbrushes and microfibers with Windex. The soft eject piston was nearly empty so I filled it back up with some Deoxit FaderGrease.
I stuffed some paper towel down around the pots and record bar to minimize Deoxit overspray. That cleared up a ton of crackles and motorboats. Demagnetized and aligned, but the eject latch needs adjustment, and perhaps some beautification - retrobrite, NevrDull, Novus, chrome trim decals....
That bad boy was FILTHY, but nice clean up!
It was RUFF